Futuna-Aniwa

[atatoma] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n current, eddy, whirlpool

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[au] n foam, steam

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to copulate (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ekeŋa] Seats on a canoe.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n elder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

thank you

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bed, platform, shelf

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n that part of canoe covered by pandanus root in joining the upper section to the main hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the end

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s grass mat; grass skirt; penis sheath; belt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n island, land, country, homeland

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n meeting, council

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸau] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5054)

Example: Mature stems used for house posts. Take young shoots, strip bark, ret in sea for 1-2 weeks. Take out, separate and clean fiber, dry in sun for 3-4 days. Then weave grass skirt, for women and used ceremonially. In older times, this skirt was used in gardening. Can also use this fiber as handle for Pandanus baskets.

Scientific name: Hibiscus tilliaceus, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n arrow (for a bird)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shooting contest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Blue-Lined Large-Eye Bream

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Gymnocranius grandoculis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bottom of sea

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to conceive

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n niece, nephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[fuʃi] n banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ŋaʃa ipu] n skull

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n eyelid

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hgaone] n sand, beach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋatara kosi] n. Starspotted Grouper

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Epinephelus hexagonatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n story, tale, legend

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n protection, shield

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dry

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n pole used for carrying things on shoulders

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fresh water spring, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n period of day before sunrise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Golden Spadefish

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

Scientific name: Platax boersii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiroŋ] A house component: a window.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fibrous husk of chestnut or coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tabooed food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ankle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Largescale Mullet

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Liza macrolepis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kanai] n. Roundjaw Bonefish

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

Scientific name: Albula glossodonta via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n to swim

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bladder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flame

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sakau, kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kawiameta kona] A person with both parents from the moiety Kawiameta.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n earth, land, soil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the world, planet earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n small sea urchin sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coral bits; gravel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dew, mist, fog

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yam sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kona] adj. sour

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[kurapo] n. Tang’s Snapper

(Bislama) Yello Brim

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lipocheilus carnolabrum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n flea

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maʃi ra hŋu] n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4153)

Example: A Y-branch (forked wood) to make a slingshot, and also to make an arrowhead for an arrow to shoot bird.

Scientific name: Tabernaemontana, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n belly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] the planting season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bait for fishing

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n ball

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[muri ʋaka] The back of the canoe. The shape of the knob resembles the prominent rock outcropping (of the same name) from whichever bay the vessel embarks.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nahsara] n day before yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[niŋniŋifatu] Brahminy Kite

Example: Photo by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Haliastur indus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[niseni maru] n. terrestrial; leaves up to 1.0 m. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2523)

Scientific name: Christella harveyi, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n broom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n coconut palm, coconut fruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n youth, child

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n old woman, wife

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n skin of young banana fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cloud

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paramatua] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ba:wa] n. Blue-Spotted Spinefoot, Coral Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by BS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus corallinus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Goldlined Spinefoot, Golden Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Kathleen Kresner-Reyes / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

Scientific name: Siganus guttatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n liver

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5269)

Example: This species is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Malvaviscus arboreus

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ramarari] n. Yellowspotted Trevally, Turrum

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Carangoides fulvoguttatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5230)

Example: Ancient people were said to use this as a fishing line. Strip off the skin (bark) of the stem and place it in the sun to dry. Remove the fiber by stripping it off and weave the fiber into a fishing line. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus

[ruku] n. Humphead Wrasse

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cheilinus undulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ruku] n. Sling-Jaw Wrasse

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Epibulus insidiator via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sumtukuŋa] n. Titan Triggerfish

Example: Photo by Leonard Low, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Balistoides viridescens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sacred stone in Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n lookout point on Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tapeja] n. Giant Moray

Example: Photo by Sascha Schultz / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Gymnothorax javanicus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tekau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n east wind

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tokorau tu] n. wind from the west towards Saferaro

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[topatu] A house component: type of horizontal beam at the apex of the house.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[umwe umwe] n. Gray Unicornfish, Silverblotched Unicornfish

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Naso caesius via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ʋetei] n. Sidespot Goatfish

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Parupeneus pleurostigma via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru